Register at 3:45pm, €2 Per Child- See below for full list of events.

Weather was 5C, wind 60k gusting 70-90k and heavy
rain.
The race was sold out a few weeks in advance with 5,000
registered. Not sure how many were turned away by the cold & rain
though.
I decided after looking at all the twists and turns on the
course and the weather that I probably wouldn't get a PB and didn't go
all out. I ended up accidentally starting one wave slower than I should
and spent the first 2k or so overtaking people and catching up to wave
two. I then spent the rest of the race dodging people, puddles, wet
manhole covers (can be very slippery!) and pedestrian bollards.
When I
looked at my surroundings on occasion I realized that it would be a
pretty good race for people who wanted to see the city at night (apart
from tonight's weather). Lots of turns towards the end, but managed to
get 1 sec faster than a recent 10k.
It was very well organized, good quality technical t-shirts and finisher's medals with a free bottle of Powerade at the end.
A great race and a great atmosphere. Runners really seemed to enjoy it - despite the weather!

Due to expected bad weather this evening we've just been advised that tonight's interclub league fixture has been cancelled. We'll be sending out a cancelation notice via Teamer but please advise anyone you know who was planning on going. Hopefully it'll be rescheduled soon.

Monday, April 23, 2012

As from Tuesday 23rd April little athletics training will take place at the back of Ratoath College. The college is not available to us again until October.

Please ensure all children wear appropriate clothing, rain jackets etc and note that there are NO toilet facilities available.

In heavy rain, we will have no alternative but to cancel. We will send teamer texts whenever we have to cancel training so please ensure that we have the correct number for sending texts. You can check this with Claire during registration.

Meath Inter Club League Day 3 - Wed 25th April 2012

Day 3 of the Meath Inter Club League is on this Wednesday in Claremont Stadium, Navan, at 7pm Sharp, We will be meeting at the Track in Ratoath at 6:10pm and will head in convoy as before. The last 2 nights have been a tremendous success and we want to encourage as many Athletes from all age categories including Juvenile, senior and master to compete in this event. The events for Day 3 are listed below:

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Special thanks to All the volunteers in Cushinstown AC who helped run a great afternoon of Athletics. The standard was very high with many clubs from outside Meath competing. I haven't a full tally of the results but what made the day special was the whole social side of it for our young athletes. They were with their friends, enjoying the chat as they waited for their turn to jump, throw or run.
There was some fine competing by our athletes with Deirdre Healy winning the Ladies 1500m while finishing 3rd overall in a mixed race. Conor Duncan ran well finishing in 2nd in the senior men's 1500m. Abraham Zaidan and Peter Doherty finished a great 2nd and 3rd in the senior men's 100m. Caroline VanDongeren a late entry into the senior ladies 100m ran well to finish 2nd. Marcus Zaidan ran very well to come second in the U9 80m he also came 3rd in the ball throw. Fionn Drummond threw well to come 2nd in the U9 ball throw. Tom Kilgannon won the U10 80m sprint with a typically strong run. Tom Kilgannon, Aoife Rutherford, Sorcha BroeBrady, and Aimee Doherty came 2nd in the Boys U10 4x100m relay. The relays were held at the end of the day when most of the competitors had left and it might be an idea to have the relays earlier prior to the field events to maximise attendance at this team event.
We had a great number of athletes making it to the final stages of the sprints and as I get their results back I'll post them up here. Please email me the results of your young athlete if they are missing from the post.
Thanks to all the parents who braved the weather and brought the team to Cushinstown, and to our athletes see you all at training on Tuesday and once again on Wed evening in Navan for day 3 of the Interclub League.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Monica Reilly, Tommy Boshell, Ronnie Quigley and Tom Brady welcomed Liam Hennessy to the track to show him the great facility that we have and to talk with him about the potential for development here in Ratoath.
Special thanks to Liam for taking the time out of his busy schedule to visit us, for his ideas and suggestions, and to Ronnie for organising it all.

We are holding a Gold Classic in Hollystown Golf Club to raise funds for our club. Details below, please print off the leaflet and hand it in when signing in for training, thanks!
You can click on the image to enlarge it.

Here is the information I have regarding the primary schools relays. They are 4x100m races that will be held in Ratoath Track on Wed 25th April starting at 10:30am would be advisable to get there a little before that for registration. Special Thanks to Ratoath Scouts for use of their facility for parking and use of their hall.

You do not need to pre-register, just turn up on the day and register then. You can enter as many teams as you wish in each age category which are the same as the cross country 1st & 2nd class, 3rd & 4th class, 5th & 6th class girls and boys races. Cost is €1 per team. I hope this helps and looking forward to seeing the Ratoath Teams down at the track.

See below for a fine choice of events for our young athletes to participate in. As always bring suitable clothing for the day, folding chairs, picnic blankets as it is a full day of events. Shot putt, High Jump and Long Jump are starting earlier at 12pm. All our under 9,10,11's and up can do the long jump and ball throw and the under 12's+ can do the long jump, and the shot so if they have an interest in these events you'll need to be there before12pm.

Last year was a fabulous day so here's hoping the sun will shine down on them again this year. Meeting at the club at 11:20 for 11:30 latest departure.

Clubs must ensure that competitors are technically competent in field events for which they are entered, as lack of technique constitutes a danger to the competitor or others. The committee reserves the right to amend the list of events with out notice.